Ehsaan Noorani

Ehsaan Noorani is an Indian composer and guitarist.

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Ehsaan Noorani
Noorani performing in 2013
Background information
Born	(1963-10-12) 12 October 1963 (age 62) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Genres	Blues, Bollywood
Occupations	Music composer, musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1986–present
Member of	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy

Website	ehsaannoorani.com

Music career

Noorani is the part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio, which consists of Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and himself. He started off as a freelance guitarist for many composers including Louis Banks, Ashok Patki, Ronnie Desai and Gary Lawyer to name a few . Ehsaan studied music with Mr. Bismarck Rodrigues, an experienced guitar teacher from Mumbai.

Noorani studied music at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California from 1985 to 1986 . Ehsaan is the first guitarist from India to be endorsed by Fender guitars and has a Squier signature model to his name. He also endorses Fractal Audio and D'Addario strings . His playing is strongly influenced by players like Robben Ford, B. B. King, Larry Carlton, etc.

In 2015, Noorani was a co-judge in India's first Western reality show, The Stage, produced by Viacom. It aired on Colours Infinity.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Noorani was credited for promoting large number of Indian artists through his Instagram live sessions and thereby providing a platform for budding musicians in India to collaborate and make music.

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Instruments and effects

Noorani is most notably associated with using the Squier Stratocaster guitar and is endorsed by the Fender family of brands.^[1] In 2011 Squier released the Ehsaan Noorani Signature Stratocaster which included several custom features such as a HSH pickup configuration and exclusive colors.^[2] Ehsaan is also endorsed by Neunaber Audio and currently uses an Immerse Reverberator pedal.^[3] In March 2015 Vertex effects shared photos of a custom pedal board they assembled for Ehsaan which featured several guitar effects such as a Strymon Flint, a Maxon OD-9 Overdrive, and a WEEHBO Dumbledore.^[4]

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Music composition and filmography

Music career

Instruments and effects

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards, India

IIFA Awards

Filmfare Awards

Star Screen Awards

Zee Cine Awards

Music composition and filmography

References

External links

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